1 Corinthians 2:12

English Standard Version

12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. (Ro 8:15; 1Jo 4:4) 

New International Version

12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 

New International Reader’s Version

12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world. We have received the Spirit who is from God. The Spirit helps us understand what God has freely given us. 

King James Version

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 

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